[*BCM*] FW: 2010 Bicycle Relay-Race at Harvard?
Hiroyuki Yamada
hyamada at MIT.EDU
Sun Nov 22 18:09:55 EST 2009
Where I'm sure that the deposed nephew of the now-in-exile king will be
more than willing to provide 10% of his life savings, if they will just
provide bank info...
looking at the website, (which looks like it was made in maybe 1997) I'd
say it's either a scam/hoax, in which case, ignore it, or a desperate
pipe dream, in which case... ignore it?
On 11/22/2009 06:07 PM, Dave Atkins wrote:
> Come on folks; this is obviosly a scam or troll-baiting email. If they
> can't do the event in Bermuda or at Harvard, I'm sure they can host it
> in Nigeria.
>
> On Nov 22, 2009, at 4:14 PM, Louise Johnson <lsj2020 at gmail.com
> <mailto:lsj2020 at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>> wow, if you read to the end of the Dr Faust biography, it says her
>> salary is close to $800,000 per year. Hard to plead that your
>> organization should have a fundraiser with that kind of bloated CEO
>> salary. Louise Johnson
>>
>> On Sun, Nov 22, 2009 at 4:05 PM, Anne Buckingham <goannego at gmail.com
>> <mailto:goannego at gmail.com>> wrote:
>>
>> If you have a few minutes to be amused/confused and you check the
>> website associated with the "event" you'll see (if you look
>> closely - it doesn't seem to be connected at first) that they did
>> initially want to set it in Bermuda, then they went to California
>> cities, and now I guess Harvard (though that's not on the
>> website). There are also plenty of other strange things. This
>> isn't something that's going to happen, at all.
>>
>> 2009/11/22 rob levy <r.p.levy at gmail.com <mailto:r.p.levy at gmail.com>>
>>
>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drew_Gilpin_Faust
>>
>> Oh.
>>
>>
>> On Sun, Nov 22, 2009 at 3:59 PM, rob levy <r.p.levy at gmail.com
>> <mailto:r.p.levy at gmail.com>> wrote:
>>
>> And who is this mysterious Dr. Faust(us) the message is
>> addressed to? Seems like it could be a Faustian
>> bargain. I'll go ahead and assume Harvard plays the
>> role of Lucifer in this equation.
>>
>> On Sun, Nov 22, 2009 at 1:37 PM, Anne Buckingham
>> <goannego at gmail.com <mailto:goannego at gmail.com>> wrote:
>>
>> Given that they're talking about doing this next
>> July, they're offering cash prizes and a car to the
>> winners (which would give issues if any of the
>> athletes were NCAA), and there's no website or
>> confirmed place to do hold the event, plus the fact
>> that the numbers submitted seem entirely made up (24K
>> people per day? On what basis? How many riders?
>> Will they self select or do the colleges have to
>> submit a team) and the claim it will be televised
>> (over six days? In Boston on Fourth of July weekend?
>> Are you kidding?) I really wouldn't worry about it.
>> The other pitch (that it gets lots of prospective
>> students to the campus) isn't something that Harvard
>> has a problem doing. And given that the theory is
>> that the participants are already in college, it is a
>> bit of a moot issue anyway.
>>
>> They're pitching it as an opportunity for Harvard to
>> make money for itself. But the Harvard guys are
>> smarter than this e-mail. And if for some reason
>> Harvard did decide to do it, there is zero preventing
>> them from taking this idea and making it their own.
>> So odds of this coming off? Zip.
>>
>> 2009/11/22 Louise Johnson <lsj2020 at gmail.com
>> <mailto:lsj2020 at gmail.com>>
>>
>> Harvard is about the last organization I would
>> consider doing a fund raising event for. What
>> planet are you on? Louise Johnson
>>
>> On Sat, Nov 21, 2009 at 5:06 PM, Jess Phillips Jr
>> <jessphillipsjr at msn.com
>> <mailto:jessphillipsjr at msn.com>> wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>> From: jessphillipsjr at msn.com
>> <mailto:jessphillipsjr at msn.com>
>> To: info at northeastbicycleclub.org
>> <mailto:info at northeastbicycleclub.org>
>> Subject: FW: 2010 Bicycle Relay-Race at Harvard?
>> Date: Sat, 21 Nov 2009 15:51:26 -0600
>>
>>
>> Re – Bicycle Relay-Race 2010 in Cambridge, MA
>>
>> Dear NEBC, as you can see below, we're
>> planning a unique cycling event for the
>> Boston, MA, area next year. We sure would
>> appreciate the help of your Boston/Cambridge
>> area members with planning this race.
>>
>> Sincerely
>>
>> Jess Phillips, Jr.
>> <http://phillips88.com/Jess_Phillips_Jr.htm>
>>
>> jessphillipsjr at msn.com
>> <mailto:jessphillipsjr at msn.com>
>> 409-454-7365 <http://www.%20409-454-7365/>
>> http://phillips88.com <http://phillips88.com/>
>>
>>
>>
>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>> From: jessphillipsjr at msn.com
>> <mailto:jessphillipsjr at msn.com>
>> To: president at harvard.edu
>> <mailto:president at harvard.edu>;
>> council at cambridgema.gov
>> <mailto:council at cambridgema.gov>
>> CC: brad_quigley at harvard.edu
>> <mailto:brad_quigley at harvard.edu>;
>> jen_flynn at harvard.edu
>> <mailto:jen_flynn at harvard.edu>;
>> sara_aske at harvard.edu
>> <mailto:sara_aske at harvard.edu>;
>> info at quadbikes.org
>> <mailto:info at quadbikes.org>;
>> awashbur at fas.harvard.edu
>> <mailto:awashbur at fas.harvard.edu>
>> Subject: 2010 Bicycle Relay-Race at Harvard?
>> Date: Sat, 21 Nov 2009 08:19:08 -0600
>>
>>
>> To: Drew G. Faust – President, Harvard University
>>
>> Re *– 2010 Bicycle Relay-Race at Harvard?*
>>
>>
>> Dr. Faust:
>>
>> The purpose of this email is to seek your
>> office’s help with bringing a large college
>> bicycle relay-race to the *Harvard
>> *campus next year. My name is Jess Phillips,
>> Jr
>> <http://phillips88.com/Jess_Phillips_Jr.htm>.
>> I am a retired NFL football player and head
>> of the Relay-Race 100 organizing committee.
>> We are an eclectic assortment of bicyclist
>> from around the country. As you can see
>> below, we had originally planned to have this
>> event in Bermuda. However, after conferring
>> with prospective sponsors and the fact that
>> each of these college students would have to
>> get visas and passports to travel to Bermuda,
>> we have decided to have this collegiate
>> relay-race in a more easily accessible U.S. city.
>>
>> The plan is to have each major U.S. and
>> Canadian college/university submit a coed,
>> four person bicycle relay team. Each of the
>> four team members – two males & two females
>> -- will race 25 miles. The top three fastest
>> teams will receive trophies and prizes. The
>> ideal dates being *Tuesday, June 29^th to
>> Sunday, July 4^th , 2010*.
>>
>> This would be a great fund raising
>> opportunity for the university. And it will
>> attract hundreds of prospective future
>> students to your campus. We expect this
>> relay-race will attract 24,000 plus people
>> per day. That includes race participants,
>> their families, friends, spectators and press
>> from all over the country. Each of these
>> 24,000 daily visitors will spend, on average,
>> $17.00 per day while at this event. *Keep in
>> mind this will be a six day event*. $17.00 x
>> 24,000 = $408,000,000 in gross daily sales.
>>
>> Over the course of six days, we’re talking
>> about gross sales just from parking, food,
>> and memorabilia of over *$2.4 million* and
>> that doesn’t include the hundreds of
>> thousands of dollars that will be spent on
>> area hotel/motel rooms, renal cars and
>> restaurants. *We would like for the net
>> proceeds from the concession and parking fees
>> to go to **Harvard in exchange for hosting
>> and helping us organize this event.
>>
>> *Dr. Faust, would *Harvard *be interested in
>> helping us bring this unique sporting event
>> to /Massachusetts/ this coming July? We plan
>> to consider other locations, but I think the
>> *Harvard *campus would be an ideal place to
>> host this first-ever event.
>>
>> If interested, I would appreciate an
>> opportunity to discuss with you in more
>> detail our plans for this relay-race and to
>> find out what if any local/state licenses
>> and/or permits that we would need. We think
>> this will be a great spectator sporting event
>> that will be televised nationally, and we
>> hope to make this an annual event. Thank you
>> for your time. Your questions, comments,
>> suggestions are encouraged.
>>
>> Sincerely,
>>
>> Jess Phillips, Jr.
>> <http://phillips88.com/>
>>
>> jessphillipsjr at msn.cm
>> <mailto:jessphillipsjr at msn.cm> 409 454-7365
>> www.phillips88.com <http://www.phillips88.com>
>>
>> *
>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------*
>>
>> To - *Andre Curtis,
>> *Chairman, Bermuda Tourism Board*
>> *Hamilton, Bermuda
>>
>> From *-* *Jess Phillips, Jr. *
>>
>> Re *-* *2010 Bicycle Relay-Race?*
>>
>>
>> Mr. Curtis, my name is Jess Phillips, Jr.
>> <http://phillips88.com/Jess_Phillips_Jr.htm>
>> I am the chairman of the Relay-Race 100
>> organizing committee. The purpose of this
>> email is to seek your *help with hosting a
>> 100 mile, coed bicycle relay-race* in
>> Hamilton Bermuda during Spring Break in March
>> 2010. This will be a six day event: Monday to
>> Saturday.
>>
>> Regarding the 100 mile bicycle relay-race:
>> Each team will consist of two males and two
>> females from colleges and universities all
>> over the U.S. and Canada.* *Race team members
>> will travel 25 miles before passing the baton
>> to their teammate. Because this race will be
>> televised, we would like to have a race route
>> along the beach front.
>>
>> The big attraction for the collegiate race
>> teams will be the cash prizes and the new car
>> that each of the four winning team members
>> will receive. We are extremely confident
>> that will be able to find several corporate
>> sponsors for this unique event that we would
>> like to have every year.
>>
>> Mr. Curtis, this race, which will be
>> televised, will bring thousands of people to
>> Bermuda this coming March and generate
>> hundreds of thousands of dollars in sales
>> from hotel rooms to rental cars. Who would we
>> need to contact to discuss the possibly of
>> having this Spring Break 2010 Relay-Race in
>> Bermuda? Your help in this matter is much
>> appreciated.
>>
>> Sincerely,
>>
>> /Jess Phillips, Jr/
>>
>> jessphillipsjr at msn.cm
>> <mailto:jessphillipsjr at msn.cm> <> 409
>> 454-7365 <> www.phillips88.com
>> <http://www.phillips88.com>
>>
>>
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